If it hadn't been for ARF/RTF i would have never gotten into this hobby. My wife was at an appointment and just down the strip mall from where we were was a hobbyshop. I went in and started snooping around. The store keeper was an older genlteman that was working on a plane in the quiet times during the day. We got chatting and the next thing i know i walked out with a parkzone J-3 cub. I learned how to fly on that thing and had a blast. I then moved up to a glow trainer (hangar-9 arrow) and after that was completely hooked. I have had many ARF's since then. This winter i bought an LT-40 kit to build for my son because i heard that they were incredibly easy to build. He is not really interested in planes so my uncle is buying it and is going to fly with me and my dad. I currently have 4 ARF's and 2 kit built. that ratio will change as i am able to free up more time. I am looking forward to the day when i can devote more time to building portion of this hobby, but until then i will continue to build (sorry assemble) ARF's so i can at least enjoy the flying part of the hobby. I really hope kit building is making a comeback.

Flyboy76